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Meaning of EDITION

Pronunciation:  i'dishun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
  2. [n]  an issue of a newspaper; "he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times"
  3. [n]  all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time; "the first edition appeared in 1920" or"it was too late for the morning edition" or"they issued a limited edition of Bach recordings"
 
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 See Also: group, grouping, impression, issue, limited edition, number, printing, variorum, variorum edition

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\E*di"tion\, n. [L. editio, fr. edere to publish; cf. F.
['e]dition. See {Edit}.]
1. A literary work edited and published, as by a certain
   editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of
   Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.
2. The whole number of copies of a work printed and published
   at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold.
 
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